I never mentioned rural economy ? You brought it up. State and governments are measured on they're GDPs and the UK GDPs are broken down into regions, that can be compared. The NI economy is not propped up by London more like kept on life support. Job quality and job creation should also be compared vs North and UK

I.e, I wouldn't tell somebody who has his head in books about earthquakes for 10 years solid, how earthquakes work. And wouldn't want them telling me about how the Republican Counties on the faux-border with their ideological brothers, Work.

Well soyuz, I skated over the rather simplistic economic analysis in the blog because it the writers attitude points to the bigger problem of having a united ireland referendum... that is that the a significant number of the unionistcommunity don't feel their culture is properly appreciated at the minute.

Attitudes like those of the writer won't really help forward the cause of making them feel welcome in the brit-free paradise he talks about.I'm from a nationalist background and his attitude make me was to stick with the UK.

Nationalist politicians don't really work hard to win over the hearts and minds of the unionist community so they are missing an opportunity when it comes to the brexit... they know it... otherwise they'd be some pressure to push for an unification referendum

comparing the economy of the north and south is a lot more complicated than comparing the GDP of NI with the GDP of Ireland including Dublin (or the average wages of the Ireland including Dublin with the average wages of NI).

Would most people living in NI expect to earning wages on par with those in average wages of ireland as a whole including dublin? or the midlands or donegal? (table 5 in this link from the central statistics agency in the southwww.cso.ie/en/releases...shows that the total income per person for 2014 ranges from around 19,000 euros in Donegal to 30,000 euros in Dublin. That's about £15,000 to £24,000. )

To not factor the effects of a 30 year conflict into the analysis of the economic disparities is a glaring omission.

I'm not disputing that there are unionists living in the south and orange lodges too... I'm sure there are some in the north who would be happy to live in a united ireland

but to say that brexit will push them all into wanting to join a united ireland for purely (possibly spurious) economic reasons overlooks of the fact that sections of the unionist community feel their cultural identity is being eroded in the years since the GFA. It isn't helped when the guy making that argument refers to matching his and hers rangers tracksuits in a snidey way (because as you say their kulture isn't real culture). My original point is that attitudes like this won't really convince them of the post-brexit United Ireland case

I had moved on from the blog think you're misrepresenting his point's also ( which was that northern unionists have much greater kinship with Scottish than English and when Scots depart UK NI will follow whether pushed or jump )

because the realise/ accept the right of self determination of everyone in the north and appreciate that they can't be pushed out of the UK...

and realise that a unionist community insecure about its identity in a united ireland is a recipe for ongoing civil unrest...

Our southern comrades probably won't be too keen on the costs of integration and since much of ireland and since much of irelands economic success rests on companies banking profits made else where in ireland for tax purposes, actual jobs will be scarce on the ground ... giving idle youths more time to get busy with their unrest

"because the realise/ accept the right of self determination of everyone in the north and appreciate that they can't be pushed out of the UK...

and realise that a unionist community insecure about its identity in a united ireland is a recipe for ongoing civil unrest..."

fair enough but that sounds like how SF themselves would answer the question. I don't for a second believe SF would give the unionist community a second thought if they believed a United Ireland could be delivered within this decade following Brexit.

I got a very sneaky piece of toilet pap.. I mean literature through the post a couple of days ago designs to look *extremely* like official polling day documentation/card... yet it was clearly Brexit propaganda. I'd say it will catch a lot of people out thinking that it's 'FACTS' (in large print), really are facts.

Dont know why anyone would vote to leave. The world is just like one big school playground with the uk hanging about with Europe making them seem hard. The uk has all of a sudden got too confident and thinks they can go on their own and just be as respected and will soon realise they are not as tough as they think they are without the EU to back them up.